In 1997, scientists sent cameras down with sperm whales to find the monster hidden in their scars: the giant squid. The footage they wanted never came, but the failed hunt helped point science toward one of the deep ocean’s most elusive animals

A failed attempt to film a whale hunting a mythical creature became the key to finally finding one of the ocean's most unknowable animals. The post In 1997, scientists sent cameras down with sperm whales to find the monster hidden in their scars: the giant squid. The footage they wanted never came, but the failed hunt helped point science toward one of the deep ocean’s most elusive animals…